Friday, November 12, 2021

ADA LIMON ~

 




A Name



When Eve walked among

the animals and named them —

nightingale, red-shouldered hawk,

fiddler crab, fallow deer —

I wonder if she ever wanted

them to speak back, looked into

their wide wonderful eyes and

whispered, Name me, name me.



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Ada Limón

The Carrying

Milkweed Editions

2018


Ada Limón - Image: Christopher.Michel on Visual Hunt